Art and Copy: An Advertising Poem

Tony Award-winning poet Lemon Andersen shared a short poem at the 4As Foundation MAIP’s Golden Gala on October 23, 2023 on the power and beauty of art in ad agencies.

Only The Poets by which I mean all artists,
Are finally the only people
who know the truth about us

Only the artists can speak to this complex world through design when it feels so perilous
Only art can conduct advertorials Into the very depths of ourselves
execute ‘em as a holiday displays
and watch freedom fly off the shelves

Only art can paint pictures, stretch the canvas
shape vertical trends
evoke horizontal change
interchange our digital palettes
to show true diversity has range

Read the full poem on Adweek.